Rashard 1955-1975 By Rashardj45 Aug 28, 1955 Murder of Emmett Till Dec 1, 1955 Montgomery bus boycott begins Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock 9 Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Jun 15, 1958 Pizza Hut is founded Jul 29, 1958 NASA is founded Jan 3, 1959 Alaska admitted to the union Aug 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes 50th state Feb 1, 1960 WoolWorth's sit in Jan 20, 1961 Kennedy Inaugurated Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy Assassinated Nov 22, 1963 Lyndon Johnson sworn in Jan 23, 1964 24th amendment ratified Aug 28, 1964 Philadelphia race riot Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Jul 5, 1966 Apollo 2 mission Jan 15, 1967 Super Bowl 1 Feb 10, 1967 25th amendment ratified Jun 13, 1967 Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court Apr 4, 1968 MLK Jr. assassinated Jun 7, 1971 26th amendment ratified Aug 9, 1974 Nixon resigns Sep 8, 1974 Ford pardons Nixon